Bruce Mansfield shows how shifting interpretations and changing critical regard for Erasmus and his work reflect cultural shifts of the last century.doi:10.3138/9781442674554Bruce MansfieldUniversity of Toronto PressMANSFIELD, Bruce, Erasmus in the Twentieth Century. Interpretations (1920-2000), Toronto-...
He believed that his work had commended itself to the religious world's best minds and dominant powers. Erasmus chose to write in Latin (and Greek), the languages of scholars. He did not build a large body of supporters in the unlettered; his critiques reached a small but elite audience....
We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as... (展开全部) 我来说两句 短评 ··· 热门 还没人写过短评呢 我要写书评 Erasmus, His Life and Character as Shown in His Correspondence and Works的书评 ··· ( ...
·Althoughhewasbornoutofwedlock,Erasmuswascaredforbyhisparentsuntiltheirearlydeathsfromtheplaguein1483.Hiseducationthereendedwhenplaguestruckthecityabout1483,andhismother,whohadmovedtoprovideahomeforhersons,diedfromtheinfection.·In1492，hewasordainedapriestandstudiedScholasticphilosophyandGreekatUniversityofParis,...
Erasmus - Humanist, Scholar, Reformer: Always the scholar, Erasmus could see many sides of an issue. But his hesitations and studied ambiguities were appreciated less and less in the generations that followed his death, as men girded for combat, theologi
Colet introduced Erasmus to the work of Plato. He later recalled that "when Colet speaks I might be listening to Plato!" (8) For people like Erasmus and Colet the "individual's personal relationship to God was now more important than his relationship to the church as an organization". (9...
3.(Biography) SirGeorge Howard, son of Charles Darwin. 1845–1912, English astronomer and mathematician noted for his work on tidal friction Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 201...
However this idea of creating life and becoming a God-complex was much more appealing and alluring than the lamentable reality, suggesting that his concept 855 Words 4 Pages Decent Essays Preview Erasmus: The Fool Erasmus depicts the fool in detail within his work Praise of Folly that when ...
It focuses on "The Praise of Folly," one of Desiderius Erasmus' most famous and most controversial work. It reviews the Jesuits attitudes towards Desiderius and his major educational writings as well as the complex relationship between the Jesuit education and their use of Erasmus' theory and ...
of his work. For translations, the ongoing seriesCollected Works of Erasmus(1974– ), published by the University of Toronto Press, has set high standards for accuracy. Other notable translations includeThe “Adages” of Erasmus: A Study with Translations,by Margaret Mann Phillips (1964); andThe...